I STILL DREAM OF ORGONON

It’s an Uncanny Likeness

My author copies of Hate Mail have arrived, and I have to say the cover photo pretty much gets it:

I mean, yes, I’m wearing a little more hair than I was in the cover photo. But otherwise: Spot on, man. It’s always nice when a photo captures your true likeness, you know?

In any event, rumor is these things are moving at a pretty brisk clip, so if you want one, best to hie yourself to the SubPress site, or Amazon. Amazon’s cheaper, but the SubPress order will get you a chapbook. Your call.

BeVibe @7: I also pre-ordered, and it arrived today (Yay!). I would guess you’ll get yours today or tomorrow, assuming you ordered directly from Subterranean. :)

The chapbook is a nice touch. The title, “Waiting for Athena” seems especially appropriate, since every time I hit the Whatever bookmark, I see a message in the corner of Firefox saying “Waiting for scalzi.com…”

Jamie @3: I work at B&N, and yes we would be happy to order it for you, though I doubt many of our stores will be modeled to carry it. However I myself ordered it from sub press. Also, I too will miss bookstores when they go the way of the Dodo. I will miss having a job too.

Oh dear. Someone gave you some water, didn’t they? And then you transformed. I think with a few more months of training, you might be able to quit your day job and become a photoshopper full-time. Makes me wonder about the bacon cat.

Mine came yesterday, can’t wait to read it (or “reread”, more accurately, since I’ve already seen quite a bit of it here). My ten year old son was confused about the cover photo, so I explained the whole “photoshop” thing….

[And thanks to Subterranean for doing the “wrap the inner book-y parts in plastic” thing; it’s been raining here, and I have yet to figure out how to convince my postal folks to not leave things on my doorstep in inclement weather.]

Like Jeff, that photo has always disturbed me. Totally not kidding. I don’t know why, but I can’t bear to look at it. Maybe it’s the eyes? Or the teeth? There is something about it that I find genuinely frightening.

Telling myself it’s ‘shopped doesn’t help. Thinking rational thoughts doesn’t work. I feel like I’m back to being four years old and thinking that pictures in books will come to life.

If this book becomes available on Audible, I would buy it. But I honestly couldn’t stand to have a book with that photo on the cover in my house.